Out of Obscurity: Looking Ahead (Oct. 27 – Oct. 30) The MMA Corner Staff October 27, 2011 Events Every Thursday, The MMA Corner takes a look at the upcoming weekend’s schedule of small regional and international shows with a focus on UFC and Pride veterans as well as consensus-ranked fighters. Here’s what’s going down between Oct. 27 and Oct. 30: [tabgroup][tab title=”Spotlight Event”] Deep: Cage Impact 2011, 2nd Round (Tokyo; Oct. 29) This is the evening card of Deep’s doubleheader event…Dream and WEC veteran Yoshiro Maeda (28-10-2) battles Hiroshi Nakamura (12-5-4) in a fight that made Sherdog’s 10 October Tussles Worth Watching…UFC and Dream veteran Ryo Chonan (19-12) is slated to face kickboxer Naoki Samukawa (1-0)…Pride veteran Nobuhiro Obiya (12-4-1) fights Sengoku vet Doo Ho Choi (6-1). [/tab][/tabgroup] Oct. 28 Kumite MMA (Porto Alegre, Brazil) In a fight that made Sherdog’s 10 October Tussles Worth Watching, Jose Gomes de Ribamar (29-5-1) squares off with Pride veteran Daniel Acacio (25-12). Strefa Walk: Emelianenko vs. Dabrowski (Warsaw, Poland) Pride veteran Aleksander Emelianenko (17-4) locks horns with Rafal Dabrowski (5-1) in a fight that made Sherdog’s 10 October Tussles Worth Watching. Superior Challenge 8 (Stockholm, Sweden) Dream and Pride veteran Joachim Hansen (22-11-1) will tangle with Bellator and WEC vet Jameel Massouh (26-9) in a bantamweight title bout. Wreck MMA: Unfinished Business (Gatineau, Quebec, Canada) Bellator veteran Nick Mamalis (23-7) takes on Sengoku vet Nick Denis (9-2)…UFC and IFL veteran Rolles Gracie (4-1) meets Lee Mein (5-10). Other Events Alaska Cage Fighting: Tribute to Veterans (Fairbanks, Alaska) Combat Fight League: Halloween Fright Fest 2 (Woodland Hills, Calif.) Cornhusker Fight Club 7: Fright Night (Lincoln, Neb.) King of the Cage Canada: Gold Mine (Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada) Ring Rulers: Battle Tested (Bossier City, La.) Rumble at Raxx: Rumble at the Rodeo 12 (Port Allen, La.) Steelfist Fight Night 3 (Salt Lake City, Utah) Sterling Entertainment Group: Stars and Strikes (Wyoming, Minn.) Oct. 29 Deep: Cage Impact 2011, 1st Round (Tokyo) This is the afternoon card of Deep’s doubleheader event…Dream veteran Katsunori Kikuno (15-4-2) goes up against Sengoku vet Kwang Hee Lee (5-2)…Kazunori Yokota (13-5-3) clashes with fellow Sengoku veteran Katsuya Toida (12-10-3)…Strikeforce and Dream veteran Daisuke Nakamura (23-13) fights Sengoku vet Chang Hyun Kim (16-7). Global Warriors Fighting Championship 2 (London, Ontario, Canada) TUF 12 alum and Bellator veteran Jeff Lentz (7-2-1) fights Jesse Ronson (7-2). Pacific Xtreme Combat 27 (Mangilao, Guam) Affliction veteran J.J. Ambrose (16-3) collides with Sebastien Garguier (9-7-1). Shooto Brazil 26 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) No. 3-ranked flyweight and Tachi Palace Fights veteran Jussier da Silva (10-1) will defend his Shooto South American 123-pound championship against Michael William Costa (7-3). Xtreme Fighting Championship: Nightmare on the Northshore (Mandeville, La.) TUF 7 alum Jeremy May (9-8) is scheduled to take on Jordan Plasiance (0-0). Other Events Allegiance 4 (Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia) Bush Cree Promotions: Cage Wars 10 (Grand Junction, Colo.) Crown Fighting Championships 4 (St. George, Utah) Dead Serious MMA: Amateurs (Rahway, N.J.) Airing live via ppv at GoFightLive Extreme Fight Club 9: No Fear (Erie, Pa.) Global Fighting Alliance 15 (Sulphur, La.) Indiana Fighting Championship: Monster Mayhem (Dale, Ind.) Knuckle Up MMA 8: Eclipse (Hull, England) MMA Big Show: Fright Night Fights (Cincinnati) National Fight Alliance: Valley Invasion (Burbank, Calif.) New Order Fighting Championship 3 (Pskov, Russia) Rough & Ready Cage Fighting (Sioux City, Iowa) US Freedom Fighter: Combat Zone (Marion, N.C.) Valley Fight League 33: Thunder in the Cage (Williamsport, Md.) World Combat Series: Fright Night Fights (Lake Forest, Calif.) Oct. 30 Gladiator 25 (Tokyo) UFC and Dream veteran Ikuhisa Minowa (50-32-8) is scheduled to fight Young Woo Yu (0-0). Legend Fighting Championship 6 (Cotai, Macau) In a fight that made Sherdog’s 10 October Tussles Worth Watching, Adrian Pang (19-7-2) will make his first defense of the LFC lightweight title against Sengoku veteran Jadamba Narantungalag (6-2)…Rodney MacSwain (12-4) will look to snap a two-fight losing streak when he takes on Yong Jae Lee (4-2). Photo: Yoshiro Maeda (white trunks) in his most recent outing against Hideo Tokoro (Taro Irei/Sherdog)